Security News > 2023 > May > Google starts rolling out passkey support for Google Accounts
"We've begun rolling out support for passkeys across Google Accounts on all major platforms. This means users can now take advantage of passkeys across Google Services for a passwordless sign-in experience," said Google product managers Christiaan Brand and Sriram Karra.
For now, passkeys will be just another Google signing-in option to ensure that you have a fallback method and can log in using a password when you don't have access to your device or if it doesn't support passkeys.
Today's announcement follows the introduction of passkey support to the Chrome web browser and the Android operating system in October 2022.
Microsoft and Apple also pledged their support for passkeys in May 2022, making the new Web Authentication credentials the standard way to log into accounts without a password across three tech giants' platforms.
"While we encourage users to try out the convenience and security of passkeys, other methods like passwords and 2SV will still work across Google Accounts," said Brand and Karra.
"For Google Workspace accounts, administrators will soon have the option to enable passkeys for their end-users during sign-in."